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February 25: Calaveras Skull Discovered

On 25 February 1866, miners in Calaveras County, California, found a human skull beneath a layer of lava. This discovery initiated one of the greatest controversies over American fossil finds of ancient man. Known as the Calaveras Skull, it resembles a mixture of a human skull and a Darth Vader mask. The Calaveras Skull made […]